Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1895)
Sapodilla Borer
 STRIGLININAE ,   THYRIDIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Banisia myrsusalis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

These caterpillars bore into the stems of its foodplant, and are an occasional pest on

  • Sapodilla ( Manilkara zapota SAPOTACEAE ).

    The adult moths are brown, with some rows of dark dashes, and some translucent window spots near the middle of the forewings. The undersides are paler with darker dashes.

    The species is found around tropics including:

  • Brazil,
  • India, and
  • U.S.A.,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland, and
  • Northern Territory.

    Further Reading:

    Patel BS, Jhala RC, Pandya HV, and Patel CB,
    Biology of leaf-folder (Banisia myrsusalis elearalis) (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a pest of sapota (Achras zapota), Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 63 (1993), pp. 604-5.

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    (updated 12 November 2011)